diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
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@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ this package.
 The following persons have made contributions to Eshell.
 
 @itemize @bullet
+@item
+John Wiegley is the original author of Eshell.
+
 @item
 Eli Zaretskii made it possible for Eshell to run without requiring
 asynchronous subprocess support.  This is important for MS-DOS, which